This holiday, literally meaning “dedication,” is the story all about how our lives got twisted upside down, now let me take a minute, just sit and be free, I’ll tell ya bout the story of the great Maccabees.
What is "Hanukkah"?
100
After its candles are lit, Jews traditionally place the menorah in this part of the house.
What is the windowsill?
100
Used to bet with when playing dreidel.
What are gelt, chocolate coins?
100
Todd was lazy. You get 100 points! Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
YOU GET 100 POINTS.
200
The Leader of the Maccabees
Who is Judah Maccabee?
200
We add one each night so that the brightness of the holiday increases.
What are candles?
200
We eat various kinds of these foods to remember the oil of the menorah.
What are fried foods?
200
The word “menorah” means this.
What is "lamp" or "candelabra"?
300
This word means "hammer" in Hebrew.
What is Maccabee?
300
Although historically inaccurate, tradition holds that Jews would play dreidel as a way to secretly do this.
What is Torah study?
300
A common dessert made on this holiday; a type of fried donut traditional in Israel.
What are sufganiot?
300
The next holiday after Hanukkah.
What is Shabbat?
400
Unlike most other Jewish holidays, the Story of the Hanukkah miracles is NOT found in this book.
What is "The Torah"?
400
Answer normally: why is the blessing for the candles in the singular, when we always light at least 2 candles each night?
The blessing is on that night's candle, and the other candles act to beautify or enhance the mitzvah!
400
The word for “latke” in Hebrew.
What is "levivah"?
400
The year when the historical event of Chanukah began.
What is 165 BCE?
500
According to the Torah, the original menorah in the Temple was cast entirely out of this metal, as a single piece.
What is gold?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Although normally recited during daily morning prayer services, we don’t recite this on Hanukkah or other holidays.
What is the Tachanun?
500
This was the specific kind of oil used to light the menorah in the Temple, and the reason it took so long to make a new batch.
What is the purest of olive oils? (not pressed, but extracted by gravity and the weight of the olives alone)
500
The city where the Jewish revolt of Hanukkah began.